.\" @(#)$Id: iauth.8,v 1.4.2.1 2003/09/30 14:23:20 chourf Exp $
.TH IAUTH 8 "$Date: 2003/09/30 14:23:20 $"
.SH NAME
iauth \- The Internet Relay Chat Authentication Program
.SH SYNOPSIS
.hy 0
.IP \fBiauth\fP
[
.B -v 
|
.BI \-c " configfile"
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
\fIiauth\fP is a slave process used by the \fIircd\fP program to perform
the authentication of incoming TCP connections.  The \fIircd\fP program
starts \fIiauth\fP upon startup.

\fIiauth\fP will close and reopen the log file whenever it receives a user
signal 2, SIGUSR2.  This is useful to rotate the log file.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-c " filename"
When this flag is given, the program will read the configuration file
specify and validate it.  This is useful to check for errors in the setup.
.TP
.B \-v
This option dumps information about the version.
.SH EXAMPLE
.RS
.nf
millennium% \fBiauth -c iauth.conf\fP
iauth 2.10

Reading "iauth.conf"

Module(s) loaded:
        rfc931
.fi
.RE
.SH COPYRIGHT
(c) 1998 Christophe Kalt
.LP
For full COPYRIGHT see LICENSE file with IRC package.
.LP
.RE
.SH FILES
 "iauth.conf"
.SH "SEE ALSO"
iauth.conf(5) ircd(8)
.SH BUGS
None... ;-) if somebody finds one, please send mail to ircd-bugs@irc.org
.SH AUTHOR
Christophe Kalt.
